Founded in 2008, the 35-member CSO Spiritual Ensemble honors the "spiritual," the historical musical form born of the suffering and endurance of African slaves after arriving to the southern shores of this country. The CSO Spiritual Ensemble performs in church settings, concert stages and beyond, in powerful performances celebrating the unique, indigenous harmonies that helped form African-American cultural traditions. 2012-2013 CSO Spiritual Ensemble Concert Season: The Myth-40 Acres and a Mule: An Epic Story Chronicling African-American Land Preservation Saturday, September 22, 2012 Calvary Baptist Church, 620 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston. Mozart Requiem: Ode to Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges Saturday, October 6, 2012, 6pm, Tickets: $20 First Scott Presbyterian Church, Charleston Historic Beaufort County ArtsWork Circa 1871: An Ode to the Fisk Jubilee Singers Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7:30pm Battery Creek High School Performing Arts Center, Beaufort 12th Annual CSO Gospel Christmas with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and CSO Gospel Choir Friday, November 30 & Saturday, December 1, 2012 • 7:30pm Tickets: $35 Sottile Theatre, Charleston Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Performance Free and open to the public This Little Light of Mine: I'm Gonna Let It Shine with CSO Gospel Choir, Dr. Isaiah R. McGee, Conductor Saturday, January 19, 2013, 7pm, North Charleston Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Performance Free and open to the public Freedom Rides On: A Tribute to the Freedom Riders with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and CSO Spiritual Ensemble Dr. Jeffery Ames, Guest Conductor Monday, January 21, 2013 • 5pm Morris Street Baptist Church, Charleston African-American History Month Performance Free and open to the public Circa 1871: An Ode to the Fisk Jubilee Singers Sunday, February 3, 2013 • 5pm College of Charleston Sottile Theatre, Charleston African-American History Month Performance Circa 1871: An Ode to the Fisk Jubilee Singers Saturday, February 16, 2013 • 5pm Colleton County Arts Council, Walterboro Fifth Annual Charleston International Festival of Choirs Free and open to the public April 11-14, 2013 Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston CSO Spiritual Ensemble Tickets and Information Online: www.csospiritual.com By phone: (866) 811-4111 At door: (cash or check only) up to one hour before each performance Charleston Symphony Orchestra Spiritual Ensemble (843) 991-1035 www.csospiritual.com